Buckle for baling cotton



Fi. L. HGRSLEY BUCKLE FOR BALING COTTON Filed Feb. 4. 1924 Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

UNITED STATES ROBERT L. HORSIEY, E "MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BUCKLE FOR BALING COTTON.

Application filed February 4, i924.

To aJZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. HoRsLnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles for Baling Cotton, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to bale-tie buckles and especially that class known as arrow buckles. This class of buckles are, at the present time, in common use at the gins but, as heretofore constructed, have no means to prevent the bale bands from slipping or paying through the buckles in cases where firm pressure is not exerted upon the tucked-under sections.

The object of the present invention is' to 2o ,provide buckles which will hold applied bale bands against lateral and longitudinal slipping. Another object is to provide a more ready means for bringing band loops into the buckles` means which will not be effected by strain as is the case where the parts on either side of a narrow slotted entrance are offset.

lVith these objects in view, my invention consists of certain novel combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a plan view of my improved arrow buckle, having dotted lines showing extent of band seats. Figure 2 is the same, showing in sections, one loop of the band attached and the other loop' in a posi- 40 tion to be brought into the buckle. Figure 3 shows position band will assume upon the buckle before bale is released from the press and Figure l shows a changed contour of contact parts of the band after bale is rcleased and strain is exerted on the band.

Referring to the parts by numerals, l designates a form of my buckle wherein band engaging members 2 and 3 are formed by a central opening 6, said opening having parallel sides 8, 9 nearly equal in length to the width of the band and converging sides 10, l0 extending farther toward one side of Serial No. 690,431.

the buckle, making the opening somewhat longer than the width of the band. Slot 7, forming an entrance into the buckle, is cut through member 3 near the middle and has side opposite the tapered extension of opening 6 slanted in the direction of said extension, to Jfacilitate the entrance of a band loop from a lateral position, shown by looped section 13 in Fig. 2. rlhe band seats are composite, consisting of straight sides 8, 9, 9 and adjacent parts of converging sides 10, l() of central opening.

`When the band is brought around the bale and loops are adjusted to the buckle the band will rest only upon the tilted sections of the band seats and edgewise against side il, as shown in Fig. 8. `When the bale is released from the press sections of the band will be drawn under strain into a wedged-in, crimped condition in a manner that will prevent slipping. The stretched or crimped sections are shown at l1, l1 in Fig. Il.

The construction described will insure correct seating` of the band upon the members and strain will force Contact sections into conformity with uneven band seating surfaces in a manner to resist change.

The use of this class of buckles is so well known and understood that further instructions are unnecessary.

TWhat I claim is:

l. In a bale-tie buckle of the class described, having a transverse central opening tapered at one end and a slotted entrance thereinto through one band engaging member, band seats shorter in length than the width of bale bands for use with the buckle, the tapering sides of said opening being partly included in the extent of the width of a bale band when applied over said seats.

2. In a bale-tie buckle of the class described, constrictive band seats composed of straight sections with inclines rising from their ends, the said straight sections being shorter than the width of bale bands for use with the buckle, and said inclines being disposed to wedge sections of a bale band in said seats when the band is applied and strain is exerted thereon.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ROBERT L. HORSLEY. 

